BSA Membership & Inclusion

Yes, girls in the BSA.

I did not start out as a believer in co-ed Scouting.

Let’s build a “membership standards” Scouting checkpoint at the gate of our scout camp.

“For far too long, this issue has divided and distracted us.

A good friend in scouting who served as a scoutmaster and camp director for almost thirty years once pointed out to me that Scouting was inclusive, not exclusive.

Our constitution prohibits government from establishing a religion.

On April 19 the B.

The Boy Scouts of America Statement: “For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America has been a part of the fabric of this nation, with a focus on working together to deliver the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training.

I was a Boy Scout.

Let the Scoutmaster remember that in addition to his duty to his boys he has a duty also to the Movement as a whole.

Yesterday a Boy Scouts of America review of ‘Values and Membership Polices’ was announced on the Scouting Magazine Blog where a link to this B.

After reviewing this BSA Membership Standards Review Information on Thursday, May 23, approximately 1400 voting members representing 265 local councils will vote on a resolution that, in short, removes the stipulation that boys can be excluded from membership in the BSA based on sexual orientation alone.

I asked Jay to write about his experiences in Scouting because I think it’s important to get to know and understand each other, that young men like Jay are not new to Scouting, that they have always been there – Clarke To all my fellow Scouters – We are all engaged in a conversation about whether or not to keep a policy in place at the national level that keeps gay people from active service in Scouting, as either adults or Scouts.

Several people have raised the same concerns and I am doing my best to address them.

Are BSA membership policies about to change? No doubt you’ve heard about or read the following statement from the Boy Scouts of America : Monday, Jan.

To stay afloat organizations , like ships on the ocean, are designed to be reasonably impenetrable and inflexible.

As the contents of the ineligible volunteer files released recently come to light Scouting volunteers and the families that they serve will be justifiably upset and unsettled.

A succinct and thoughtful evaluation of what Scouting means to a Scout and his family: from an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal; Boy, the Scout Handbook Keeps Changing by Tony Woodleif, I suppose a handbook won’t determine whether my sons have an enriching Scout experience.

When the BSA was challenged to expand its universality, to open the tent wider and give more people the benefits of membership we refused.

A brief discussion with a reader leads me to encourage parents who differ with the policies of the BSA to consider joining scouting anyway.

Congressman Barr spoke of the larger culture wars that are ravaging Western civilization and asked why people were criticizing the Boy Scouts of America.

“The Boy Scouts of America maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing his obligation to God.

It is unfortunate that the American Civil Liberties Union and the Boys Scouts of America are not on friendly terms, they would make great allies.

I have been accused of being unfaithful to the BSA because I disagree with its discriminatory practices.

Scouting can change without abandoning the central intention of its existence.

Let’s build a “membership standards” checkpoint at the gate of our scout camp.

Over the years the BSA has gained access, cooperation and goodwill from many governmental entities: schools, municipalities and the military.